Archive for the ‘health’ Category

We Can’t Let The Crisis in Japan Detract From The Uprisings in Charlie Sheen

Typical American news junkie, latching onto the news of the day, the crisis of the week, the humanitarian effort of the month. One world-changing event after another makes us immediately forget the previous crisis that is still ongoing. This is why we must not allow the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency make us forget [...]

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Football Was Better Back When Doctors Thought Concussions Were Just a Case of the Head Dizzies

Football is supposed to be a violent sport and we need to stop letting doctors getting in the way. If our favorite sport is going to return to its glory days of brutes running haphazardly through mud and snow then that’s where our understanding of brain matter must return as well.

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The Only Solution To This Knee Injury Is a Crippling, Abusive, Co-Dependent Relationship

Very bad news this week from the glorious world of seeing eight different doctors before getting a diagnosis. My knee injury from six weeks ago has now been identified as an ACL tear, by a real doctor rather than my original health insurance that I like to call WebMD.com. Since I like to think that [...]

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5 Best Bike Lanes in Los Angeles

5. Chandler Boulevard One of the newest bicycle right-of-ways in the city, this stretches across nearly the entire valley floor from one side of boring, ghetto suburbia to the other. There’s not a lot of sun cover, which makes the Chandler path useless from May through October, and you have to stop frequently at intersections, [...]

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Age Vs. Number of Noises Made While Sitting Down Graph

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Which Gym Is Right For Me? Flow Chart

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Monumental Food Industry Books Have Motivated Me To Give Unhealthy Foods Really Dirty Looks

Motivated by a deep-seeded desire to appear smart and insightful, I recently read Fast Food Nation back-to-back with the Omnivore’s Dilemma, both of which made me extremely hungry. There’s no question that these books are important and educational, which is the exact message I wanted to convey to people seeing me reading these books on [...]

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